Steam Forge

EngramLevel 94

A steam-powered megaforge that can refine resources at incredible speeds. Requires Element to be activated.

Structure
Fabricator

Weight: 50
Stack: 1
Unlock level: 94
Engram points: 36
Crafting XP: 5

Steam Forge is a structure in ARK: Survival Ascended. It unlocks at level 94 for 36 Engram Points. It can be crafted at a Fabricator using 5 different resources.

Crafting recipe

×1Steam Forge

Craft

3,250 Metal Ingot
500 Crystal
600 Cementing Paste
200 Electronics
1,000 Polymer
5 Craft XP
s Craft time · Fabricator

Crafting Steam Forge requires 5 resources, including 3250x Metal Ingot, 500x Crystal, and more. Available crafting stations: Fabricator, Tek Replicator. Use the calculator below to figure out exact quantities for multiple crafts.

Crafting

Crafting calculator

Level 94 · 36 engram points

Quantity

Station

Stations

Crafting XP: 5Craft time: 5 s

Loot crates

Acquisition

Found in loot crates

21 crate sources across 9 maps

Best chanceSupply Crate Lv.80Aberrant SurfaceDouble×1-2Aberration +4 maps0.09%Level 80+Up to Ascendant

Map

Aberration4 crate sourcesView map

Supply drops2

Supply Crate Lv.80Aberrant SurfaceDouble×1-2Level 80+Up to Ascendant7.1-16.0x quality0.09%Supply Crate Lv.80Aberrant Surface×1-2Level 80+Up to Ascendant7.1-16.0x quality0.08%

Caves2

Cave Crate Lv.80Double×1-2Level 80+Up to Ascendant8.6-10.8x quality0.08%Cave Crate Lv.80×1-2Level 80+Up to Apprentice0.05%

How it works

Fuel: Element, 1 every 3,600 s (1 hour) while it is turned on
Crafting speed multiplier: 3
Accepts: Metal, Oil, Hide, Wood, Condensed Gas, Scrap Metal, Element
Refines into: Metal Ingot, Gasoline, Charcoal, Congealed Gas Ball, Scrap Metal Ingot; its Metal Ingot recipe takes 3 Metal per craft
This is the Steam Forge's own Metal Ingot recipe; the standard Metal Ingot recipe of the other forges takes 2 Metal
Holds up to 300 items

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